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Janna Annest
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Janna is an attorney and partner at Lirhus Keckemet Annest PLLC in Seattle, 
Washington. Janna began building her family formation practice after adopting her daughter in 2008, became a Fellow of the Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys in 2015, and joined the experienced adoption and estate planning team of Albert Lirhus and John Keckemet in 2019. Her practice includes all types of adoption, including complex situations involving ICWA and ICPC, step-, second-, and third-parent adoptions, contested adoptions, and birth parent representation. Janna chairs the AAAA Independent Adoption Committee. Surrogacy and gamete donation contracts represent a growing portion of Janna’s work, as revisions to Washington’s Uniform Parentage Act in 2019 opened new possibilities for families pursuing assisted reproductive technologies.
A Seattle native, Janna graduated cum laude and with high honors from Dartmouth College in 2000, where she captained the women’s volleyball team and was a visiting student at Oxford University. She received her J.D. with honors from the University of Washington School of Law in 2003 and served as a Notes and Comments Editor of the Washington Law Review. In her pre-parenting years, Janna served as President of the Western Washington chapter of the Dartmouth Alumni Association, competed in volleyball tournaments with her USAV team, and enjoyed gardening, home improvement projects, and theater. She hopes to resume some of these activities once her children no longer require her services as their personal Uber driver.
Rob Kirsh
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Robert B. Kirsh has been practicing law for 19 years, 13 of which in adoption law, beginning while he lived in Memphis, Tennessee. At Kirsh & Kirsh, P.C., Rob practices with his brothers Steve (AAAA Past President) and Joel (AAAA Past Networking Chair), and his nephew Grant. Over nearly 40 years, their firm has handled nearly 4,000 infant adoptions.
In addition to his Indiana-based practice, Rob is also admitted in Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, and Tennessee, working with expectant moms, adoptive parents, attorneys, and adoption agencies on Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, and Tennessee interstate/ICPC and intrastate adoptions. He travels to the Bluegrass State, Great Lakes State, Magnolia State, and Volunteer State regularly.
Rob earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology degree from Indiana University, his Juris Doctor degree from The University of Tulsa College of Law, and his Master of Science in Management (MBA) degree from the Purdue University Krannert Graduate School of Management.
Rob and his wife Amy live in Carmel, Indiana. Their daughter Campbell, and son Hudson, are high-schoolers. Their goldendoodle Wilson loves belly rubs, car rides, and going to the office with Rob. Rob is an avid cyclist (indoor and outdoor). Rob is also an instrument-rated Private Pilot, and flies the firm’s Columbia 350 airplane for adoptions in his five states, from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, to the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
To Rob, there is no more fulfilling type of work. He loves helping expectant moms turn challenging situations into positive ones, creating loving adoptive families, and working with other adoption professionals to do the same!
Josie Redwine
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Josie Redwine自2001年起成为AAAA的研究员，自2020年起成为受托人。 她是乔治亚州收养律师委员会的创始会员和当选主席。 她自1997年以来一直从事私人执业。 她是雨燕学校的共同创始人，从1998年到2002年担任雨燕学校校长，并从2018年起担任学校的理事。 乔西曾在4000多个收养程序中代表养父母、机构和亲生父母，包括国内、州际和国际程序。乔西拥有乔治亚大学的文学士学位，并在乔治亚州立大学获得了法学博士学位。乔西和她的丈夫雷扎是两个成年孩子的父母，索菲亚和赛勒斯。
兰斯-里奇
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兰斯-D-里奇，法学博士，是位于犹他州盐湖城的柯顿-麦康凯律师事务所的股东，拥有犹他州和怀俄明州的法律执业资格。 他毕业于密歇根大学法学院，在那里他是接受过儿童福利案件专门培训的伯格斯特伦学者。 兰斯主要为养父母、亲生父母和收养机构处理收养案件。 他还在代孕案件中代表预期父母和妊娠携带者。 由于收养了三个孩子，兰斯对收养过程有着个人和专业的看法。 他是一个积极的收养支持者，在犹他州寄养机构的董事会任职，并担任联合收养机构的董事会成员和副主席。 他曾在犹他州收养委员会的董事会任职并担任主席。 自2010年以来，他一直是收养和辅助生殖律师学院的积极成员，并担任该学院机构委员会的主席。 兰斯经常在犹他州律师协会、犹他州收养委员会、国家商业研究所、收养和辅助生殖律师学院、联合收养协会和国际家庭法协会等组织主办的会议和研讨会上就各种收养主题发言。
梅丽尔-罗森伯格
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梅里尔-B-罗森伯格律师事务所是一位专门从事辅助生殖技术（ART）领域的律师。在超过27年的时间里，她通过代孕、配子捐赠、胚胎捐赠、第二父母收养和继父母收养，帮助有意的父母建立他们的家庭。在她积极参加的许多地方和国际非营利组织中，罗森伯格女士是美国科学院院士。罗森伯格是收养和辅助生殖律师学院（AAAA）的研究员，也是ART执行委员会的前任成员和ART成员委员会的主席，是ASRM法律专业组的前任主席和执行委员会成员，是Path2Parenthood（现在是家庭平等的一部分）法律咨询委员会的前任联合主席，是RESOLVE的专业成员，是ABA生殖技术委员会的成员，也是LGBTQ律师协会家庭法研究所的成员。罗森伯格女士与华盛顿特区和马里兰州的律师同行合作，带头积极改变影响那些通过ART建立家庭的人的立法，华盛顿特区的新法律于2017年4月通过。 罗森伯格女士一直是马里兰大学法学院和美国大学华盛顿法学院的客座讲师。她还经常为美国律师协会家庭法分会、美国律师协会、ASRM、华盛顿特区彩虹家庭、P2P/家庭平等、生孩子的男人以及其他地方组织就围绕ART和家庭建设的相关话题进行演讲。
Kim Surratt
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Kim Surratt于2002年开始她的法律生涯，并于2007年开设了她的事务所。 她拥有内华达州和加利福尼亚州的法律执业资格。 她继续担任Surratt Law Practice的负责人，这是一家提供全面服务的家庭组建（生殖、收养和亲子关系法）、家庭和遗产规划法律公司。 Kim在2004年开始了她的ART法律生涯，处理了她的第一个代孕案件。 她是收养和辅助生殖技术律师协会（AAAA）的研究员，作为内华达州律师协会家庭法分会的前任主席，她是全国女同性恋权利中心的国家家庭法咨询委员会成员，以及内华达州司法协会的副主席。 金是内华达州司法协会国内游说委员会的主席，并协助州律师协会家庭法部门的游说工作。 金起草并游说通过了内华达州目前所有的生殖家庭法法规，并协助内华达州的许多收养变化。
